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The Federal Communications Commission is calling on Congress to authorize federal incentives that could spur states to compete for Next Generation 9-1-1 projects. The recommendation was packaged in an FCC report issued in response to a congressional request for ways to move the 9-1-1 system to Internet-based technologies.

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CTIA urged the Federal Communications Commission to encourage broadcast TV stations to participate in next year's planned incentive auction by providing them with more options and flexibility during the process. In a filing, the group also said stations should be given more time to participate in the spectrum auction and that it was more important to provide stations with incentives than to simplify the process.

Text-to-9-1-1 service will be available by June 30 or sooner in some regions, the Federal Communications Commission said Monday. Because so many people use cellphones, text-to-9-1-1 "is a necessary first step" toward Next Generation 9-1-1, the agency wrote in the Federal Register.

The location of 90% of 9-1-1 calls made on cellphones in the Washington, D.C., area can't be identified by the 9-1-1 center, according to data from the Federal Communications Commission. Phone-service providers say the report doesn't take into account "rebids," or a refreshing of data designed to narrow down the caller's location.

Sinclair Broadcast Group's $985 million purchase of Allbritton Communications includes sidecar provisions for stations in Charleston, S.C., Birmingham, Ala., and Harrisburg, Pa., that run afoul of ownership regulations, according to the Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau. Sinclair intends to shift control of its stations in those markets to sidecar companies, but the FCC says the deal would end grandfathered local marketing agreements. Sinclair believes it can resolve the FCC's concerns, a source said.

The Federal Communications Commission is calling on Congress to authorize federal incentives that could spur states to compete for Next Generation 911 projects. The recommendation was packaged in an FCC report issued Wednesday in response to a congressional request for ways to move the 911 system to Internet-based technologies.